[EDIT: Head on over to www.darkestlight.org to see short film #2, jut added. Short film #3 to be shot (hopefully) tomorrow. If will likely go up next week.]
So every once in awhile, people do or say things that are so phenomally stupid that I cannot help but to comment on them. Today, watching the news, a few minutes ago, I witnessed just such a thing.
Apparently there are some issues in schools around the area regarding a new interpretation of some school code which apparently says that christmas carols talking about Jesus/God are not allowed. Apparently, last Christmas, non-Christians felt “left out” of Christmas. Huh. Really? Well that’s just a damn shame. Non-Christians felt left out of a Christian holiday.
Now, maybe this is difficult for you to understand, you poor sensitive non-Christian folks out there, but, when an entire holiday is based around Jesus, you can’t celebrate the holiday and ban him from any songs sung about it. I hate to be the one to have to inform you of this, but if you support this idea, you are a freaking idiot. Let me lay out the 2 options for you here… either…
1.) Christmas stuff can still be done in public schools. This includes the singing of traditional Christmas carols, with all their mentionings of Jesus. In my mind, it includes the inclusions of manger scenes, etc, if whoever is designing the decorations so desires.
or…
2.) Since it is a Christian holiday, and you are oh-so-concerned about the “seperation of church and state,” we could just not celebrate Christmas within our schools at all, meaning no plays or decorations or songs of any kind.
Now, outside of school, you non-Christians may still feel left out… I reccomend finding an alternative holiday.. Now, everyone is familiar with Chanukah (sp? too lazy to look it up), but for that you need to be Jewish, so lots of people are still left out. Now you know, this isn’t very original, but the solution was thought up years ago, just no one has latched on yet. It was on the show Seinfeld. That’s right folks, I’m talking about Festivus. It can be your very own holiday, non-restrictive of religous belief and affiliation. It doesn’t have any songs about Jesus in it. You can make up all your very own songs. It will be wonderful, and you won’t ever feel left out again.
Another option would be Decemberween, as seen on Homestar Runner. Or something else entirely. But you know, the point is, maybe you all can come up with your own holiday, and stop complaining when a Christian holiday reflects Christian beliefs.
Thats great.
Kids these days, what are you gonna do?
By the way, I like how you said, “head on over” haha, that was refreshing.
i agree. there is too much concern for ‘leaving people out’. if they want to be included then they are more than welcome to take that time of year to at least learn what we are celebrating. even if they don’t believe it, it does not mean they have to be ignorant to the meaning of christmas.
“Apparently there are some issues in schools around the area regarding a new interpretation of some school code which apparently says that christmas carols talking about Jesus/God are not allowed. Apparently, last Christmas, non-Christians felt “left out” of Christmas. Huh. Really? Well that’s just a damn shame. Non-Christians felt left out of a Christian holiday.”
Well said Jason!
Yeah man!! Fight the power!! Long live the revolution!!